The Perfect Medicine

How Running Makes Us Healthier and Happier

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Pub Date Sep 07 2021 | Archive Date Aug 03 2021

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Description

Ottawa Book Award 2022 — Shortlisted
Imagine a medicine that could make you live longer, healthier, happier, and stronger. What if that medicine was already right at your feet? Running is the miracle drug that can do all this and more — it is the perfect medicine.

Throughout his career, Dr. Brodie Ramin has seen cases of diabetes, hypertension, and anxiety, which he has traced back to inactivity. Now more than ever, people are looking for inspiration and motivation to get fit, change their lives, and improve their overall wellness. In The Perfect Medicine, Dr. Ramin shares with us his discovery that we already have the perfect medicine to treat and prevent these common illnesses and improve our health: running. However, too few people are taking the right dose or using it at all.

The Perfect Medicine explores the science of running and exercise and provides advice on how to maximize its benefits and be your best self. After rediscovering the joy of running in his early thirties, Dr. Ramin became fascinated by the activity. This book takes the reader on a personal journey of discovery, traces the evolution of running, shares strategies to get fit and run faster, and shows how exercise can even help people recover from addiction and mental health conditions.
Ottawa Book Award 2022 — Shortlisted
Imagine a medicine that could make you live longer, healthier, happier, and stronger. What if that medicine was already right at your feet? Running is the miracle...

Advance Praise

"Fresh, lyrical, and deeply personal, The Perfect Medicine is a stirring celebration of running — not just the how, but the many levels of why." — Alex Hutchinson, author of Endure

"Part biography, part history, part scientific inquiry, The Perfect Medicine compels you to keep turning the page as Ramin explores wide-ranging aspects of the sport of running from the perspective of a traveler, scholar, physician, and always, avid runner." — Jonathan Beverly, author and Editor-in-Chief of PodiumRunner

"The Perfect Medicine is a wonderful gem of a book." — Adharanand Finn, best-selling author of Running with the Kenyans and host of The Way of the Runner

"Fresh, lyrical, and deeply personal, The Perfect Medicine is a stirring celebration of running — not just the how, but the many levels of why." — Alex Hutchinson, author of Endure

"Part biography...


Available Editions

EDITION Other Format
ISBN 9781459748200
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 256

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